Softball legend Mike Candrea appears at CON-X in Rimini, Italy

Softball legend Mike Candrea appears at CON-X in Rimini, Italy
20/01/2023
Team Italy softball senior advisor Mike Candrea will make a series of presentations at CON-X in Rimini from January 27-29, 2023

Legendary American university softball coach and special advisor to Team Italy Mike Candrea will be among the speakers presenting at CON-X in Rimini from January 27-29, 2023.

Mike Candrea is a household name in the world of softball after coaching for five years (1981-1985) at Central Arizona College, where he winning two NJCAA national titles, and then leading University of Arizona (1986-2021) to greatness after winning eight NCAA national titles, eleven Pac-12 conference titles in the Pac-12 and reaching the Women's College World Series twenty-three times. Mentoring the likes of Jennie Finch, Jenny Dalton, Susie Parra, Nancy Evans, Laura Espinoza, Alica Hollowell, Caitilin Howe and Team Italy slugger Giulia Koutsoyanopulos, Mike Candrea is an absolute softball icon.

In addition to amassing a total of 1,674 NCAA manager wins – an all-time record having surpassed University of Michigan head coach Carol HutchinsMike Candrea was the USA national team coach who captured the gold at Athens 2004 and silver in Beijing 2008. In addition, he led Team USA to two world titles (Saskatoon 2002 and Beijing 2006).

At CON-X 2023, he will present five different lessons dedicated to the work of softball coaches: "Building hitters", "Hitters: power or contact?", "Defense in modern softball", "Winning attacking strategies" and "Battle: to correct mistakes". Forza #Italia!

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by Roberto Angotti

(Photo of Mike Candrea during the 2022 European Softball Championship by EzR)